Raise Track Update
Date: 2026-11-03
Your daily briefing on the most significant startup and seed funding rounds — pre-seed, seed, Series A where relevant, and newly announced financings — plus SEC Form D filings.
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Section 1: Startup Pre-Seed, Seed & Series A Financing
Company:
Trajectory
Amount:
$45M (Series A)
Description:
A San Francisco, CA-based developer of continuous post-training and alignment software for artificial intelligence models raised $45M in a Series A funding round at a $300M valuation. The round, which brought total funding raised to date to $60M, was led by Sequoia Capital, with participation from Nvidia, Bessemer Venture Partners, and Bain Capital Ventures. The company intends to use the funds to scale its infrastructure for continual machine learning, fund ongoing research and development for its optimization algorithms, expand its deep-tech engineering workforce, and accelerate the commercial rollout of its enterprise model alignment platform.
Investors:
Sequoia Capital, Nvidia, Bessemer Venture Partners, Bain Capital Ventures
Company:
Larridin
Amount:
$30M (Series A)
Description:
A South San Francisco, CA-based provider of an AI value measurement and intelligence platform raised $30M in Series A funding. The round was led by Pelion Ventures with participation from Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), Gradient Ventures, GFT, W23, Thayer, DG Daiwa Ventures, Alumni Ventures, and Cougar Capital. The raise brought the total amount to $47M. The company intends to use the funds to accelerate product development and expand its teams.
Investors:
Pelion Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), Gradient Ventures, GFT, W23, Thayer, DG Daiwa Ventures, Alumni Ventures, Cougar Capital
Company:
Clark
Amount:
$11M (Seed)
Description:
A NYC-based provider of AI for audit and assurance professionals raised $11M in seed funding. The round was led by Touring Capital with participation from Marathon Management Partners, Rerail, and Sofeon Ventures. The raise brought the total amount to $16M including a previous $5M round in September 2025. The company intends to use the funds to expand its senior team across product, engineering, and sales, bring its autonomous AI employees (Clerks) to more firms and types of engagements, help CPA firms extend their audit services into government programs, and build toward fully autonomous audit employees and continuous monitoring.
Investors:
Touring Capital, Marathon Management Partners, Rerail, Sofeon Ventures
Company:
Gallium Defense
Amount:
€7.1M (Seed)
Description:
A Paris, France-based provider of 3D drone detection radars raised €7.1M in seed funding. The round was led by Keen Venture Partners and 360 Capital with participation from Omnes Capital and Polytechnique Ventures.
Investors:
Keen Venture Partners, 360 Capital, Omnes Capital, Polytechnique Ventures
Company:
CyberKord
Amount:
€2.7M (Pre-Seed)
Description:
A Milan, Italy-based provider of an AI platform to automate IT and cybersecurity operations raised €2.7M in pre-seed funding. The round was led by 360 Capital with participation from Plus Partners, Addendum Capital, and Vento.
Investors:
360 Capital, Plus Partners, Addendum Capital, Vento
Section 2: Investor and Person Deep-Dives
Name:
Sequoia Capital
Bio:
Sequoia Capital is a venture capital firm that helps founders build companies from idea to IPO and beyond. It led Trajectory's $45M Series A.
https://sequoiacap.com
Name:
Touring Capital
Bio:
Touring Capital is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm that invests in early-stage AI software companies approaching product-market fit in their categories. It led Clark's $11M seed round.
https://touringcapital.com/
Name:
Keen Venture Partners
Bio:
Keen Venture Partners is a European venture capital firm backing founders building technology for SMEs and defence and security companies. It co-led Gallium Defense's €7.1M seed round with 360 Capital.
https://www.keenventurepartners.com/
Section 3: SEC EDGAR Form D Filings
Company:
Blackshark.ai
State:
AUSTRIA
Industry:
Other Technology
Amount Raised:
$25,145,250
Related Persons:
Michael Putz — Executive Officer, Director — Graz, Austria; PT Ungvichian — Director — Graz, Austria; Lisa Chai — Director — Graz, Austria
Company:
HData
State:
ILLINOIS
Industry:
Other
Amount Raised:
$4,100,011
Related Persons:
Hudson Hollister — Executive Officer, Director — Lockport, Illinois; Yuval Lubowich — Executive Officer — Lockport, Illinois; Mithun Banarjee — Director — Lockport, Illinois; Rajesh Choudhary — Executive Officer — Lockport, Illinois; Amy Francetic — Director — Lockport, Illinois; Anthony Mealey — Director — Lockport, Illinois; John Fein — Director — Lockport, Illinois
Company:
LogosFi
State:
NEW YORK
Industry:
Other Technology
Amount Raised:
$3,425,000
Related Persons:
Thomas Zschach — Executive Officer, Director — New York, New York; Anthony Rose — Executive Officer, Director — New York, New York
Company:
Summer PBC
State:
NEW YORK
Industry:
Other Technology
Amount Raised:
$1,566,779
Related Persons:
William Sealy — Executive Officer, Director — New York, New York; Dan Macklin — Executive Officer, Director — New York, New York; Josh Tanenbaum — Director — New York, New York; Don Weinstein — Director — New York, New York
Company:
EVIA Life Sciences
State:
JAPAN
Industry:
Biotechnology
Amount Raised:
$700,002
Related Persons:
Kosuke Takishima — Executive Officer — Tokyo, Japan; Joshua Schwab — Director — Henderson, Nevada; Michael Kim — Director — Henderson, Nevada; Takahiro Ochiya — Director — Tokyo, Japan
Company:
UpLiv Technologies
State:
MINNESOTA
Industry:
Other Technology
Amount Raised:
$250,000
Related Persons:
Caleb Daniel Stanford — Executive Officer, Director — Minneapolis, Minnesota; Josh Mansky — Director — Minneapolis, Minnesota
Company:
Sarah247
State:
FLORIDA
Industry:
Other Technology
Amount Raised:
$102,000
Related Persons:
Vasyl Beliak — Executive Officer, Director, Promoter — Jacksonville, Florida
Company:
Delos Meridian
State:
TEXAS
Industry:
Computers
Amount Raised:
$30,000
Related Persons:
Russell Owen — Executive Officer, Director — North Las Vegas, Nevada; Stevi Sharp — Director — North Las Vegas, Nevada; Travis Willmann — Director — San Antonio, Texas
Company:
Mru Aerospace
State:
DELAWARE
Industry:
Other Technology
Amount Raised:
$25,000
Related Persons:
Garland Binns III — Executive Officer, Director — Newark, Delaware
Company:
T2D3
State:
TEXAS
Industry:
Other Technology
Amount Raised:
$25,000
Related Persons:
David Scult — Executive Officer, Director — McKinney, Texas; Chris Bair — Executive Officer — McKinney, Texas; Stijn Hendrikse — Executive Officer, Director, Promoter — McKinney, Texas
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